1867 – The new submarine telegraph cable running between Key West and Havana was successfully spliced and was working well. 1921 – The...

1856 – The clipper ship Stephen R. Mallory was launched at Key West for the firm of Bowne and Curry. Shipbuilder John Bartlum used only...

1860 – The U.S. Navy steamer Crusader captured an unnamed brig outfitted for the slave trade off the coast of Cuba and took it to Key...

1824 – The brig Amelia arrived at Liverpool from New Orleans, minus the captain and first mate. The men had died at the Florida Keys...

1849 – To escape harassment by the Seminoles, Col. Wm. F. English arrived at Key West from his Miami River settlement, with people he...

1884 – Walter C. Maloney died in Key West at age of 71. He was a lawyer and had served in the state legislature from Monroe County and...

1832 – The ship Shepherd , from Havana to Hamburg, went ashore in a gale at Conch Reef near Tavernier Key. The crew and part of the...

1867 – The steamer Narva left Key West to begin laying telegraph cable between there and Cuba. The average rate of paying out cable was...

1857 – Captain Alderslade arrived at Key West from Tampa on the schooner Eliza Catherine with 30 head of cattle for the island’s meat...

1842 – The court in Key West settled the salvage case of the wrecked barque Alasco . It was determined the vessel and cargo were valued...

1869 – The inaugural meeting of the Cuban Patriotic Association was held at Key West, and the 125 members drafted a constitution and...

Betty and Toby Bruce with Ernest Hemingway 1886 – Jefferson B. Browne was named Postmaster of Key West. 1910 – A horse of the Key West...

Nelson English 1850 – The ship Meteor , from Apalachicola bound to Liverpool, was off Key West with a signal raised requesting a pilot....

Key West Electric city bus at the corner of Fleming and Margaret streets 1858 – The Fort Jefferson Lighthouse was first lighted. 1920 ...

The Welters Cornet Band in Key West, circa 1920 1820 – A Cuban pirate ship plundered the schooners Mary McKay and Primrose off...

William Weech American Legion Post #168 at 803 Emma St. in Key West 1837 – Captain John Whalton of the lightship Florida , stationed at...

Wickers Field, circa 1970 1859 – The California steamship Moses Taylor arrived at Key West from Aspinwall, Panama, with 700 passengers...

An Aerovias Q DC-3 at Key West International Airport 1830 – It was announced that any vessels passing the Sand Key Lighthouse that...

1872 – Key West was suffering a water famine from the shortage of rain. The situation was so bad that the commandant of Fort Taylor...

Florida Gov. Leroy Collins arrives at the airport in Key West. 1878 – Fowey Rocks Lighthouse was first lighted. 1897 – The schooner...